Car-axle box



(No Model.)

M. SHEEHAN &- W. H. 'LAIN. CAR AXLE BOX.

No; 594,912. Patented De 0.-7,1897.

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CAR-AXLE BOX.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 594,912, dated December 7, 1897. Application filed February 1, 1897. Serial No. 621,530. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MICHAEL SHEEHAN and WILLIAM H. LAIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Slater, in the county of Saline and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Axle Boxes, of which the following is a speci fication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates .to improvements in car-axle boxes. 7

Our invention has for its object the providing of a detachable waste and oil receptacle which is adapted to be readily inserted into or withdrawn from the axle-box.

Our invention also provides a car-axle box having a detachable oil and waste receptacle adapted to be inserted into or withdrawn therefrom and means for compressing the Waste carried by the receptacle against the journal of the car-axle.

Our invention provides, further, a car-axle box having a detachable oil and waste receptacle adapted to be inserted into or withdrawn therefrom, means for releasably securing the receptacle within the box, and a drip-cup connected with the said receptacle for the purpose of receiving the surplus oil.

Our invention provides, further, a novel construction in the oil and waste receptacle and certain peculiarities of construction in the axle-box, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of our invention, Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view of the axle-box, taken on the dotted line a b of Fig. 2, the waste receptacle being removed. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the axle-box. a vertical sectional view showing the wastereceptacle in position and also a portion of a car-axle. Fig. 4 represents a top View of the axle-box and showing the wastereceptacle partly removed therefrom. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the waste-receptacle and drip-cup. Fig. 6 represents a vertical sectional view taken'on the dotted line 0 cl of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

Fig. 3 represents A indicates the axle-box, which is substantially rectangular in form- B indicates the oil and waste receptacle.

C indicates the car-axle.

D indicates an opening through the rear of the axle-box A through which the axle extends.

E is a vertical slot in the rear upper end of the box A through which the dust-plate F, which is mounted upon the axle C, is inserted. The dust-plate Fv is in the form of a washer, which encircles the axle O and is of sufficient diameter to close the opening D.

The oil and waste receptacle is a substantially rectangular box (indicated by B) and having vertical side plates G, vertical front end plate H, and a rear end plate I, the upper edge of which is hollowed, so as to permit the insertion of the axle O. I

M indicates the bottom of the oil and Waste receptacle, the upper side of which is open.

The under side of the bottom of the receptacle B, near: its front end, is provided with a transverse lug J, the rear edge of which is upwardly beveled. The front plate H of the said receptacle is of a sufficient size to cover the front opening of the axle-box A and projects some distance below the bottom of the said box. *Below the lug J and at the rear side of the plate H is provided a rectangular.

box K, the under side of which is closed and the upper side of which is open. The-box K serves to collect and retain surplus oil which may pass over the sides or rear end of the receptacle B into the axle-box 'A. To the front side of the plate H are pivoted two lugs L, adapted to be swung into and engage recesses N, one in each inner side of a forwardlyextending projection P upon the front end at each side of the box A. Upon each inner side of the box A is secured a vertical plate 0, the shape of which is such as to provide a recess between the lower part of each plate 0 and the walls of the box A, adapted to receive the sides G of the receptacle B. Upon the inner side of each of the plates 0 is a vertical projection R. Between these projections are placed the .brass bearings, which are of the ordinary character and do not form a part of this invention. Near the rear end of the box A and upon the upper side of its bottom plate is a transverse lug S, the front edge of which is downwardly beveled and the under side of which is provided with longitudinal grooves T.

Our invention is operated as follows: When it is desired to replace the old waste in the axle-box with new, the lugs L upon the receptacle B are swung out of engagement with the recesses N, and the receptacle with the waste and oil held therein is withdrawn from the axle-box. Another receptacle, identical in character to the one removed and in which is provided a sufficient amount of fresh waste and oil, is inserted in the front end of the axle-box. When the rear end of the receptacle B comes in contact with the beveled front edge of the lug S, at the same time the beveled edge of the lug J comes in contact with the lower side of the front end of the box. 7 By continuing to push the waste-receptacle rearwardly it is raised toward the car-axle C, thus putting the waste in intimate contact therewith. When the receptacle has been inserted so that the front plate H rests against the front side of the box, the lugs L are then swung into the recesses N, thus holding the waste and oil receptacle tightly fastened to the ear-box. The top plate of the axle-box is made so as to project over the top edge of the plate I-I, thus excluding dust from passing into the front end of the box. Any surplus oil which may pass over the sides or the rear end of the receptacle passes into the axle-box below the bottom plate M, and thence forward around the ends of the lug J and down into the drip-cup K, which retains it from loss.

Our invention is subjective to many modifications without departing from its spirit.

- The particular form of the exterior of the box A may be such as is shown in the drawings, or it may be modified in such manner as to suit the various forms of car construction. The plates 0 and the lug S may be separable plates secured within the box in any desirable manner, or they may be integral there with. This is also true with reference to the lug J in its relation to the receptacle B.

Vith the use of our invention much time and expense may be saved. Forinstance, in case of a hot-box due to any cause a receptacle may be filled with waste and oil in the caboose, carried to the box where it is desired to be used, and inserted in place of the old, which, with its contents, is withdrawn from the box. which otherwise would be lost in extracting the old waste, grit, and oil and waiting for the box to cool off. The plates 0 in addition to their functio of preventing the oil from being thrown to the sides of the axle-box and being wasted by flowing out between the sides of the wastereceptacle and the inner sides of the axle- In this manner much time is saved box and thence into the drip-cup also prevent broken parts or melted portions of the bearings, if there should be such, from wedging in between the receptacle and the inner sides of the axle-box.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is

1. As an article of manufacture, a combined waste-receptacle and drip-cup, comprising two open top boxes disposed one above the other upon the rear side of an upright plate adapted to serve as the cover of the open end of an axle-box, substantially as described.

2. In a car-axle box, the combination with the axle-box provided with guard-plates upon its two inner sides, of a waste-receptacle adapted for insertion into or withdrawal from the axle-box, the two sides of the said receptacle being located between the said guardplates and the sides of the axle-box respectively when the said receptacle is inserted in the axle-box, substantially as described.

3. In a car-axle box, the combination with the axle-box provided with guard-plates upon its two inner sides, of a wastereceptacle adapted for insertion into or withdrawal from the axle-box, the sides of the said receptacle being located between the said guard-plates and the sides of the axle-box respectively when the receptacle is inserted in the axlebox, and means for releasably locking the receptacle Within the axle-box, substantially as described.

4. In a car-axle box, the combination with the axle-box, of the waste-receptacle adapted for insertion therein and withdrawal therefrom and a drip-cup located below the axlebox and removable therefrom with the wastereceptacle, substantially as described.

5. In a car-axle box, the combination with the axle-box, of a waste and oil receptacle comprising a vertical plate which serves to close the open end of the axle-box, and two vertical side plates, the two side plates being longitudinally movable in vertical longitudinal recesses provided one on each side of the interior of the axle-box, substantially as described.

6. In a car-axle box, the combination with the axle-box the forward end of which is open, of a plate adapted to close the open end of the axle-box and extending below the bottom of the axle-box, and two boxes disposed upon the rear side of the said plate and located one within the axle-box and the other below the under side thereof when the said plate is secured in the closed position upon the axlebox, substantially as described.

7. In a car-axle box, the combination with the axle-box provided with a forward open end and also with guard-plates upon its two inner sides, of a waste-receptacle adapted for insertion into and withdrawal from the axle- IlO ' 5 of the axle-box When the said receptacle is Witnesses:

box, the sides of the said receptacle being 10- In testimony whereof we affix our signacated between the said guard-plates and the tures in presence of two witnesses.

, sides of the axle-box, and the forward end of MICHAEL SHEEHAN.

the receptacle serving to closethe open end WILLIAM H. LAIN.

inserted into the axle-box, substantially as WARREN D. HOUSE, described. L. B. KOOPMAN. 

